New Orleans Official Visitors Guide 2008/2009 - (Page 37) CUltUral arts The New Orleans Opera Association carries on a performing arts tradition dating back centuries. Visit neworleansopera.org for more details on this year’s season. The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra is the only musician-owned orchestra in North America. Founded in 1991 by musicians from the former New Orleans Symphony Orchestra, the 67-member ensemble is led by music director Carlos Miguel Prieto. The orchestra performs a full 36-week concert season in and around the Greater New Orleans area and hosts an array of Classic, Casual Classic, Spotlight, Family, Education and Outreach concerts. lpomusic.com Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré, the oldest continuously operating community theater in the United States, newly renovated in 2007, hosts a season of plays and musicals including The Producers (coming in 2009). lepetittheatre.com Delta Festival Ballet is the city’s resident professional dance company. Visit deltafestivalballet.com for upcoming performances. Visual arts New Orleans has been called the “Art Capital of the South,” and rightly so. There are enough art museums, galleries, public art displays and attractions to keep you browsing for weeks, and even then your eyes will be asking for more. Prospect.1 New Orleans, the largest biennial of international contemporary art ever organized in the United States, will open November 1, 2008, and will run for three months all over the city. Conceived in the tradition of the great international biennials, Prospect.1 will showcase the work of more than 75 of the world’s most promising and recognized artists. prospectneworleans.org New Orleans Museum of Art is the premier art museum in the Gulf South, world-renowned for its photography and decorative glass collections and for its collections of French, Asian, African and American art, including works by Edgar Degas. In 2008, NOMA presents several major exhibitions, including The Baroque World of Fernando Botero (June 28–September 21). Experience 300 diverse works of art by various native peoples from across the United States and Canada. noma.org continued on page 38 V i s i t O u r W e b s i t e at W W W. n e W O r l e a n s i n f O. c O m http://WWW.neWOrleansinfO.cOm
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